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The comparison seems fair .. in the sense that property tax serves to cover the cost to society of the property existing, just as "IP tax" would be to cover the
by sriku 6y ago
The comparison seems fair .. in the sense that property tax serves to cover the cost to society of the property existing, just as "IP tax" would be to cover the cost to society of protecting the "IP". Looks like such a tax would also separate the concern of protection, from the concern of exploitation of the IP. But I can't imagine how one would tax created IP .. at least in property, there is some sense of "market value", which is anybody's guess when it comes to IP.
edit: Maybe IP can be assigned "shares" in wealth injected into the market?
- grishka 6y agoThere is "market value" of IP in the sense that there are prices consumers are supposed to pay for it. The price of a movie ticket, the price of a music album, the price of a video game. The tax can be calculated based on that and the popularity of the creative work in question.